Trustee's Report
Congratulations and Welcome!
When I first accepted this assignment, I had many people tell me that saving this Local was an impossible job. Thanks to the support from so many of you, we not only have this Local on a solid road to recovery, it will most likely be one of the best service-oriented Locals in the Federation.
With things taking shape and the future of the Local looking very promising, the single most underlying concern that created a significant number of sleepless nights for me was......
...whether or not there would be officers and a board to take the "helm" once the re-structuring is finished. A second concern from so many of you was whether there could be a board of directors, free of any "baggage" from the past.
I could not have picked a more ideal group to run this Local than those you have elected. I feel very confident that when the time comes to complete the transfer of responsibility to them, I will be able to do so without hesitation.
We still have a way to go before we can do this. Our symphonic services are responding well, but the electronic media services are just beginning and we still have a long way to go with live performance. I broke the "catch 22" of "no service without work dues/no work dues without service" by initiating service.
Independently or under a collective bargaining agreement, your filing of contracts and subsequent paying of work dues is what pays for these services and the officers and staff to maintain them.
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